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Claude Code v2.1.290 ·

Background workers can now stop at startup based on saved session details

Background workers reload saved session details first and may stop with a message, and restarted workers get a count of recent stops

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Unclear It is not clear what makes a worker stop at startup or what the worker does with the count.

What

Claude Code can run background helper processes, called workers, using --daemon-worker. A worker used to start every time. It now first reloads saved details about its session. Depending on those details, it can stop before doing anything, showing a message and exiting with a status code.

The process that restarts workers now also passes each restarted worker a count of how many times in a row it has stopped temporarily.

Why

This changes how background workers behave when they are restarted.

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The writer flagged doubtIt is not clear what makes a worker stop at startup or what the worker does with the count.

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